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Labia Power! Blog
About feminist empowerment, better choices, and not being afraid to reclaim your power and wield it for the forces of good. I also critically examine the culture wars and how we can reclaim liberalism from the illiberals, and work with our compatriots on the Rational Right. And occasionally some silly stuff!


I'm Losing Faith And Trust In Liberals
Liberalism has become a zombie movie. You never know who will get infected with the woke mindvirus and turn on you. Image by Grae Dickason from Pixabay I understand why so many rational people find themselves drifting to the right. Or maybe, should I say, persistently pushed. I met up with a liberal single guy this summer. He slipped into the conversation, “I’m very supportive of LGBTQ,” I think to see how I’d react. “Live and let live,” I think I said. Didn’t seem like the
3 days ago


The Left Must Exorcise Its Own Authoritarian Demons, Too
Because we can't wrest democracy back from only one side. We have to kill all the cancer. Image by Alejandro Lizardo on Public Domain Pictures Democracy is no longer ‘precarious’ in the Ignited States of Trumpistan, but swirling down a golden toilet. One might argue that rather than critiquing the excesses of liberalism, I should instead turn my attentions to Messolooni, currently heaping up a veritable guerra lampo of gross abuses of power. But the left’s own excesses are
Nov 1


Malta’s Siege Tunnels: What WWII Taught Me About Survival and Resilience
You never know what you're made of until the air raids sound. All. Day. Long. April 1942. The residents of Valletta, the capital of Malta, survey the latest bombing damage by the Axis powers. Public domain image Lt. J E Russell , Royal Navy photographer on Wikimedia Commons Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England, and Erwin Rommel, the ‘Desert Fox’ head of the German Imperial army, didn’t agree on much, except one thing: If the Axis powers couldn’t subdue the tiny tri-is
Oct 18


Uncomfortable Truths About Indigenous Canadians on Truth & Reconciliation Day
Today's T&D Day requires more than blame. Let's explore what the Indigenous, Canada's perpetual children, can do for themselves Photo...
Sep 30


The Biggest Joke Of All: The Comedians Who Didn't Care About The First Amendment Until Now
Where have these late-night boneheads been for the last fifteen years? Why weren't they defending the rest of us from free speech...
Sep 28


Did Charlie Kirk Really Strap Kittens To Rockets And Launch Them Like Legonauts?
No, he didn't, and they're not even saying it on social media because I just made it up. But for even just a nanosecond, did you believe...
Sep 25


I Just Don't Get Antisemitism
Or why the 'tolerance' gang is as consumed by the same fascist hatred as the right's, passively manipulated by the Islamofascists driving...
Sep 20


Doomscrolling Toward Despair: Why Are Anxiety Junkies Addicted to Misery?
Some say they simply 'can't' not look at the news or stay away from social media, even though it's literally driving them crazy....
Aug 23


"Where Were All The Trans Kids?" And Other Glaringly Obvious Questions Progressives Didn't Ask
But what if those questions could set them free? What if it led to greater freedom, happiness, more trustworthy friends and--increased...
Aug 9


No Good Guys Anymore: The Left, the Right, and the Death of Principle
The battle for democracy's soul in the ICE Age is beginning to look less like good vs evil than Alien vs Predator. Guess who the losers...
Jul 26


Celebrating Canada Day and the Fourth of July This Week On A Continent Gone Mad
Thoughts of a 'From away' during my Freedom Week: Today is Canada Day, and Friday is the Fourth of July. Yay, and uh....yay? Photo by the...
Jul 10


Oh, Stop It With The Baby-Making Crap Already
Childfree-by-choice is still and always an option. Don't listen to the most unfit, irresponsible Genghis Khan wannabes. Eight billion is...
Jun 14


How The Hell Did We All Get It So Wrong?
COVID-19 spotlighted political polarization and how you can't trust 'reliable sources' or even 'the science' when even the scientists...
May 31


These. People. Are. Motherfarking. CRAZY!!!
I've learned that the moment I hear the words 'Israeli genocide' come out of someone's mouth, I need to leave the conversation...
May 18


Revisiting The Roots Of Black Rage And White Guilt At A Party At Lenny's
A 1970 grand fête at Leonard Bernstein's reveals the self-victimizing seeds planted for today's antiracist Uncle Toms The Black Panthers...
Apr 19


What This Country Needs Is An Enema - And It's Getting One
There's something deeply, desperately wrong everywhere and we may well be headed toward a highly unpleasant but highly necessary purge ...
Apr 12


Top Ten Reasons Why America Should Become New Canada, The 11th Province
Do I even have to count the ways? Okay, fine, I will. I've compiled a list. Just think about it, America. What have you got to lose? This...
Apr 5


TrumpinSloMo: Seeing The Chaotic Good (Sometimes) In What Trump Does
There's progress in the chaos. You can see it, if you don't drink ideological/party Kool-Aid. Trump Deux is all part of The Purge....
Mar 15


The Difference Between Islamophobia and 'Islamojustifobia'
What I learned with my top-performing Substack article is many expect me to loathe and detest all Muslims uncritically. I'd rather my...
Mar 9


Do You Have TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)?
Radical Radha and I radically look at TDS: Who's got it (almost everybody), how badly, and most importantly, what you can do for your...
Mar 8


The Uninformed, Out-Of-Date Progressive
Not all progressives are narrative-bound wokies, clinging to clearly wrong-headed policies to avoid being 'wrong'. Some are...
Mar 7
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